Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
NZ Trotting Cup day is always one of the greatest of the year in harness racing. This year’s no different. It’s a cracker of a card. Here’s our take on every race on the program. RACE 1 – SAUNDERS ROBINSON BROWN TROT 2600m This race is an absolute raffle. Call Me Trouble is probably the […]
Malo Luafutu – Scribe – is Maggie’s cousin, as is Oscar Keightley who made the seminal documentary Tama Uli (Black Man) about the racism and discrimination that the family descended from a 10-year old black birded slave stolen from the PNG/Solomon Islands area in 1911 have suffered down through the generations, and continue to suffer […]
Just a day after we wrote about the case of the well-known NZ harness licensee accused of child abuse going to court next week, things have taken a probably not surprising new twist. Another victim has come forward and made a complaint about similar abuse by the licensee to police. This will obviously necessitate further […]
Jason Bonnington does his best Jesus impression on Trots TV, and claims in a disparaging tone that Tuesday’s NZ Cup isn’t the best we have ever seen, meaning that in his opinion it’s far from it. He wouldn’t know shit from clay, or his arse from his ear. Every single runner in this 15 horse […]
There is matter coming up in the New Zealand courts on Monday week (14 November) that is going to send shockwaves through the harness racing world when it’s over. The accused person is a very well known trainer/driver. He has name suppression at present, but when the trial is over that will be lifted. What […]
Jason Grimson is currently occupying rarefied air. Last December, he won the Inter Dominion Grand Final with a talented, but far from elite pacer named Boncel Benjamin. During the Queensland winter carnival, he won the Blacks A Fake with a talented, but far from elite pacer named Majestic Cruiser. And, on Saturday night, he claimed […]
The field for the NZ 3YO Sires Stakes on Tuesday is a cracker, oozing quality from top to bottom. It’s just a shame about the draw. Mark Purdon has six runners in the race. His best two – Sherlock and Don’t Stop Dreaming – are drawn 1-2 off the front. Another three are 1-2-3 off […]
As we have written before, by virtue of his share in the biggest and most successful punting operation in Hong Kong, the video form guru and harness nut Tim Vince is the richest man in the Kiwi trots. Vince is also an oft partner in horses with Summit Bloodstock, which in my book a huge […]
We saw it with Deauville Legend in the Melbourne Cup. Some idiot in the media who hasn’t studied the UK form any closer than looking at the printed results of it’s career form sees Group victories in England, Googles its sire Sea The Stars and realises that it’s the dad of the world’s greatest marathon […]
Can anyone tell me exactly how the wins of the offspring of Captain Treacherous, Downbytheseaside, Sweet Lou and Shadow play afford a timely boost to the Australian standardbred breeding industry? Always B Miki does, because he stands the southern hemisphere season in Australia, but the other four? Give us a break. Captain Treacherous stands all […]
